The "How was your day" thread.

coaster · Post by **coaster** » 25 Mar 2008, 15:09

Lightish day today except sky mags, dreading tomorrow.

Stormproof · Post by **Stormproof** » 25 Mar 2008, 21:13

Quite a good day, no verbal abuse

Its looking terrrible for tomorrow/Thursday I walked throught the MC tonight, its bursting at the seams overflowing yorks everywhere

kwf166 · Post by **kwf166** » 27 Mar 2008, 21:31

My day or the whole week has been rather rubbish at my sorting office, I only been a postie for over 5 weeks,but I seem to be struggling to get the hang of this job, although our office is getting really high volume of mail, everyone is getting out late, all my fellow posties are fed up at our office, I was in my area after 12 today and most us are sorting our frame since 6am

and I had loads of bags of mail to delivered, no time for any breaks, I am just please I am off tomorrow

coaster · Post by **coaster** » 27 Mar 2008, 22:31

kwf166 wrote:My day or the whole week has been rather rubbish at my sorting office, I only been a postie for over 5 weeks,but I seem to be struggling to get the hang of this job, although our office is getting really high volume of mail, everyone is getting out late, all my fellow posties are fed up at our office, I was in my area after 12 today and most us are sorting our frame since 6am and I had loads of bags of mail to delivered, no time for any breaks, I am just please I am off tomorrow

Make time for breaks and if you do not want to do overtime (working past your contracted hours) dont.

There is no such thing as no time for breaks :)

Post by **rhino49** » 28 Mar 2008, 05:42

......note my tag line "we wish to serve but we will not be servile".

People die for good causes, not for bad companies and you must not be prepared to get the job done at any cost. That is, at any cost to you !

Royal mail employ us to carry out duties that they have very little ground floor experience of and if the job exceeds the time or support given to do it then it is the business and it's management that have the responsibility to sort it out - YOU are not liable for their inadequacies. Take your break - it is a health and safety requirement designed to ensure you are rested and alert before entering traffic and situations that require concentration. If the workload causes you to exceed your working time, you have other options either to accept an extended delivery payment to complete the walk if it is offered or to advise your line manager that you cannot complete in the time given and ask for support to deliver or to leave what you cannot complete with them to sort out.

You may think that as a new guy in town that you have to please them but if it is making you miserable you won't stay with us for long anyway. We have all been through this although I feel that in the old days support and understanding from managers was much better - REMEMBER - It is now a sellers market and they need what you have - You set the terms and they should be to your advantage.

Given time to learn and become physically better adjusted to this job will enable you to do what you are already doing with less effort and more spare time for yourself but for the moment - don't let the job kill you - that is not what you joined us for.

Good luck and keep us up to date on how you go on.

dubdaz · Post by **dubdaz** » 28 Mar 2008, 09:19

coaster wrote:
kwf166 wrote:My day or the whole week has been rather rubbish at my sorting office, I only been a postie for over 5 weeks,but I seem to be struggling to get the hang of this job, although our office is getting really high volume of mail, everyone is getting out late, all my fellow posties are fed up at our office, I was in my area after 12 today and most us are sorting our frame since 6am and I had loads of bags of mail to delivered, no time for any breaks, I am just please I am off tomorrow
Make time for breaks and if you do not want to do overtime (working past your contracted hours) dont.

There is no such thing as no time for breaks :)

It must be very hard to "take your breaks and dont go over your time" when your new to the job and going through the trial period when its dead easy for them to get rid of you

If his office is anything like mine where you have the majority of senior men (20 years plus) on the EASIEST walks,coming in early themselves just to carve the job up.Most of them just dont give a s**t and they cant see it makes it nye on impossible for the newbies.If everyone stuck to the 318's it would make coming in earl etc. look socialy unacceptable.
Never going to happen though

coaster · Post by **coaster** » 28 Mar 2008, 15:12

dubdaz wrote:
coaster wrote:
kwf166 wrote:My day or the whole week has been rather rubbish at my sorting office, I only been a postie for over 5 weeks,but I seem to be struggling to get the hang of this job, although our office is getting really high volume of mail, everyone is getting out late, all my fellow posties are fed up at our office, I was in my area after 12 today and most us are sorting our frame since 6am and I had loads of bags of mail to delivered, no time for any breaks, I am just please I am off tomorrow
Make time for breaks and if you do not want to do overtime (working past your contracted hours) dont.

There is no such thing as no time for breaks :)
It must be very hard to "take your breaks and dont go over your time" when your new to the job and going through the trial period when its dead easy for them to get rid of you
If his office is anything like mine where you have the majority of senior men (20 years plus) on the EASIEST walks,coming in early themselves just to carve the job up.Most of them just dont give a s**t and they cant see it makes it nye on impossible for the newbies.If everyone stuck to the 318's it would make coming in earl etc. look socialy unacceptable.
Never going to happen though

I see what you are saying, but I am sorta new mysef (December) and I learnt more from my fellow workers than I did management. One thing I did learn was to either take your break or claim for it at the end of the shift.

The more you do for Royal Mail, the more they take.

rhino49, brilliant post!

johnnyp · Post by **johnnyp** » 28 Mar 2008, 16:08

s**t day

i and most of the lads got soaked

Post by **rhino49** » 28 Mar 2008, 17:37

Not as bad as yesterday in terms of weight, but so short of people that we were on the IPS until well after 09:00 didn't finish 'til about 16:20. But...... a days leave booked tomorrow as I am off to the all nighter at the Twisted Wheel tonight - all you soulies out there - KEEP THE FAITH.

johnnyp · Post by **johnnyp** » 28 Mar 2008, 18:38

rhino49 wrote:Not as bad as yesterday in terms of weight, but so short of people that we were on the IPS until well after 09:00 didn't finish 'til about 16:20. But...... a days leave booked tomorrow as I am off to the all nighter at the Twisted Wheel tonight - all you soulies out there - KEEP THE FAITH.

Why are you short of bods on IPS rhino.

kwf166 · Post by **kwf166** » 28 Mar 2008, 18:41

rhino49 wrote:......note my tag line "we wish to serve but we will not be servile".

People die for good causes, not for bad companies and you must not be prepared to get the job done at any cost. That is, at any cost to you !

Royal mail employ us to carry out duties that they have very little ground floor experience of and if the job exceeds the time or support given to do it then it is the business and it's management that have the responsibility to sort it out - YOU are not liable for their inadequacies. Take your break - it is a health and safety requirement designed to ensure you are rested and alert before entering traffic and situations that require concentration. If the workload causes you to exceed your working time, you have other options either to accept an extended delivery payment to complete the walk if it is offered or to advise your line manager that you cannot complete in the time given and ask for support to deliver or to leave what you cannot complete with them to sort out.

You may think that as a new guy in town that you have to please them but if it is making you miserable you won't stay with us for long anyway. We have all been through this although I feel that in the old days support and understanding from managers was much better - REMEMBER - It is now a sellers market and they need what you have - You set the terms and they should be to your advantage.

Given time to learn and become physically better adjusted to this job will enable you to do what you are already doing with less effort and more spare time for yourself but for the moment - don't let the job kill you - that is not what you joined us for.

Good luck and keep us up to date on how you go on.

Thank you very much for your advice mate, really appreciated it, I had another bad day as usual, but long story, and don't want to say too much on this post, incase someone is watching, we had too much mail as usual, everyone seems to be cutting off at my office, and I don't blame them, lovely weather too, heavy rain

I had some help too oh well at least I am home now, and I am going for a chinese soon

Post by **rhino49** » 28 Mar 2008, 18:46

johnnypick wrote:
rhino49 wrote:Not as bad as yesterday in terms of weight, but so short of people that we were on the IPS until well after 09:00 didn't finish 'til about 16:20. But...... a days leave booked tomorrow as I am off to the all nighter at the Twisted Wheel tonight - all you soulies out there - KEEP THE FAITH.

Why are you short of bods on IPS rhino.

all throwing walks out for part time staff or going off early to be back in time for S.A. driving duties

leiwolf · Post by **leiwolf** » 28 Mar 2008, 18:47

My advice is to be calm and take your break, I struggle at the beginning but it does click into place, and remember they CAN NOT force you to come in earlier or to finish later then what you are contracted to do. If they try to force you then they are break their contract with you and thus you get the union rep involves

johnnyp · Post by **johnnyp** » 28 Mar 2008, 18:57

rhino49 wrote:
johnnypick wrote:
rhino49 wrote:Not as bad as yesterday in terms of weight, but so short of people that we were on the IPS until well after 09:00 didn't finish 'til about 16:20. But...... a days leave booked tomorrow as I am off to the all nighter at the Twisted Wheel tonight - all you soulies out there - KEEP THE FAITH.

Why are you short of bods on IPS rhino.
all throwing walks out for part time staff or going off early to be back in time for S.A. driving duties

Thats s**t mate,its havin a knock on effect on the rest of the office,the part timers should be full time and no way should them drivers get away with it so they can do there docket.The blokes would go mental at our place if that sort of crap was going on.

Post by **rhino49** » 28 Mar 2008, 19:41

johnnypick wrote:
rhino49 wrote:
johnnypick wrote:
rhino49 wrote:Not as bad as yesterday in terms of weight, but so short of people that we were on the IPS until well after 09:00 didn't finish 'til about 16:20. But...... a days leave booked tomorrow as I am off to the all nighter at the Twisted Wheel tonight - all you soulies out there - KEEP THE FAITH.

Why are you short of bods on IPS rhino.
all throwing walks out for part time staff or going off early to be back in time for S.A. driving duties
Thats s**t mate,its havin a knock on effect on the rest of the office,the part timers should be full time and no way should them drivers get away with it so they can do there docket.The blokes would go mental at our place if that sort of crap was going on.

Dead right it is - but we have a few changes in the pipeline that will ease the situation.

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kwf166, stop for a moment and think.....